The International Olympiad in Informatics 2015 World Final held will be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from July 19 to 26, 2015.
Started in 2002, the Indian Computing Olympiad is an annual programming competition held to select the four students to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics.
The contest is organized by Indian Association for Research in Computing Science, the competition is organized in three different stages:
- Zonal Informatics Olympiad
- Indian National Olympiad in Informatics
- International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp
The Indian Computing Olympiad comprises of two rounds:
- The first round is the Zonal Informatics Olympiad. It is a written test with questions, which can be solved using algorithmic techniques & logic.
- The Zonal Informatics Olympiad also has an online version, known as Zonal Computing Olympiad. Students can take part in either one of them or both.
- The second round is the Indian National Olympiad in Informatics, which is a 3 hour long online programming competition. Students can solve problems in C, C++ or Pascal. The questions of INOI are similar to the ones asked in International Olympiad in Informatics.
- Top 25 students from these contests are selected for the International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp, where they are trained to represent India at International Olympiad of Informatics.
- All these contests are individual events.
| Contest Date | Registration Date | Registration Fees | Registration Link | |
| Zonal Computing Olympiad 2015 (ZCO-2015) | Saturday, 6 December, 2014 | Open from Monday 10th Nov, 2014 to 1st Dec, 2014 (May get extended to 3rd Dec) | INR 225 | Click here |
| Zonal Informatics Olympiad 2015 (ZIO-2015) | Saturday, 29th Nov, 2014, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Monday, 13 October, 2014 to Friday, 21 November, 2014. | INR 225 | Click here |
| Indian National Olympiad in Informatics 2015 (INOI-2015) | Saturday, 31 January, 2015 | NA | NA | NA |
Under our IOI Go For Gold initiative we want to see a Indian middle/high school student win gold medal at International Olympiads in Informatics.
The coveted Go For Gold award for the year 2015 goes unclaimed. However, the performance of the Indian contingent bettered the last years medal tally, with all four students bringing medals home. The students who brought glory to India were:
- Malvika Raj Joshi of Chashak Gurukul, Mumbai - Silver
- Kushagra Juneja, Apeejay School, Pitampura, New Delhi - Bronze
- Tanay Kothari, Delhi Public School, R K Puram, New Delhi - Bronze
- Arjun P, Chennai Public School, Chennai - Bronze
We wish to see more and more students taking up computer programming while they are in school and to bring glory to their school, parents, and the whole nation.
You can read all about our Go For Gold for schools program and awards to be won here.